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Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star
Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.
Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.
It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.
In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces
astonishment.
[Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]
In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces
astonishment.
[Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to read more
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
